Jacques Bonsergent (Paris Métro)

Jacques Bonsergent
Paris Métro station
Location	19, boul. de Magenta 30, boul. de Magenta 10th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′16″N 2°21′40″E / 48.871°N 2.361°E / 48.871; 2.361Coordinates: 48°52′16″N 2°21′40″E / 48.871°N 2.361°E / 48.871; 2.361
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	17 December 1906 (1906-12-17)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station République toward Place d'Italie Gare de l'Est toward Bobigny - Pablo Picasso
Location
Jacques Bonsergent Location within Paris

Jacques Bonsergent is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5.

The name refers to the Place Jacques Bonsergent, named for Jacques Bonsergent, an engineer who became the first Parisian (and possibly first French) civilian executed by the German occupation in 1940. The station was named Lancry until 1946.

Bonsergent was born at Malestroit, in 1912 and was condemned to death by a German military tribunal on 5 December 1940 after being accused, and found guilty, of an act of violence against German soldiers during the night of 10 November.

The execution was carried out on 23 December 1940 at the Bois de Vincennes; the commanding officer was Général Otto von Stülpnagel. Bonsergent's remains lie in the cemetery at Malestroit, Brittany.

Note: The entrance to the station is in Place Jacques Bonsergent, on the east side of Boulevard de Magenta, and not as shown on Google map.